Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Authority announced on Monday that at least 49 people have been killed and thousands have been displaced due to heavy rains that caused severe flooding in the northeastern part of the country.
Flood submerges houses around Jimeta bridge in Adamawa State.#BBNaija Lagbaja Drogba Tinubu #Nigeria pic.twitter.com/T9GRtq1US5
— HAJI SHEHU (@Haji_Shehu) August 25, 2024
Over 40,000 Nigerians are left without homes.
Officials confirmed that almost 700 hectares of farmland have been completely destroyed by the floods, complicating an already difficult situation as Nigeria fights double-digit inflation and soaring food prices.
Low hanging fruit (pun fully intended) for the government to focus on.
— Jayjay (@_diuto) August 24, 2024
Nigeria is so fake because if a fiction writer wrote about crippling food inflation nationwide alongside massive food wastage in the most fertile regions, we'd call it nonsense. https://t.co/yg8UVeGJ9W
The affected area has also been battling repeated military attacks by warring rebels.
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